Hope....

This will be a brief post... concerning one simple word...HOPE...

I was still writing Christmas cards, yesterday, and a dear friend, came to mind... Seems we always play 'phone tag', and haven't spoken, for a long, long time...Her schedule is as hectic as mine, and rarely has a day off... I went to the computer, and thought, I'll send her an e-mail... tell her how much I miss her, hope she has a wonderful New Year, hope she and her family are well, hope to see her soon... and many more 'hopes' were crammed into a single paragraph... When I re-read, my message to her, I was stunned... by how many times I had used the word 'hope', and was just getting ready to edit it, but instead, I added a 'p.s'., and brought to light, what I had written... and said, "dare I say it, one can never have too much 'hope'...

My friend called me, the next morning, and said I had been on her mind, the entire day prior... She had planned to come to my store, and surprise me,{ earlier that morning, she was gifted with the day off!} but a woman, whom she helps, who cannot drive, called her, and needed something to finish a Christmas project, and it took her all day, scouring the shops, to find 4 vintage children's wooden toy blocks, with the letters spelling H O P E...

When she got home that evening, and read my mail, she was stunned...

My friend was successful, finding the little blocks, for her friend, and what a memory...

I would like to say this is rare, for me, but not so... I believe thoughts, hope, and prayers can travel over the miles...God always guides us, and everything truly happens for a reason...

Barb C.